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Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

By: National Academy of Engineering,Committee on Academic Engineering Research

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Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

By: National Academy of Engineering,Committee on Academic Engineering Research

The way in which academic engineering research is financed and public expectations for the outcomes from such research are changing at an unprecedented rate. The decrease in support of defense-related research, coupled with the realization that many U.S. technological products are no longer competitive in the global market, has sent a shock wave through research universities that train engineers. This book argues for several concrete actions on the part of universities, government, and industry to ensure the flow and relevance of technical talent to meet national social and economic goals, to maintain a position of leadership in the global economy, and to preserve and enhance the nation's engineering knowledge base.

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030905284X

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Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

By: National Academy of Engineering,Committee on Academic Engineering Research

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The New Engineering Research Centers

Purposes, Goals, and Expectations

By: National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Cross-Disciplinary Engineering Research Committee

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The New Engineering Research Centers

Purposes, Goals, and Expectations

By: National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Cross-Disciplinary Engineering Research Committee

Within the past decade, six Engineering Research Centers opened on university campuses across the United States. This book reviews the lessons learned as the centers got under way, and examines the interrelationship among universities, government, industry, and the research establishment. Leaders from business, government, and universities discuss in this volume the challenges now facing American industry; the roots and early development of the research center concept; the criteria used in selecting the six centers; the structure and research agenda of each center; the projected impact of the centers on competitiveness of U.S. technology; and the potential for further research in biotechnology, electronics, robotics, and related areas.

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0309035988

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9780309035989

Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research

A Community Workshop Report

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources,Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics,Committee for the Workshop on Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Researchâ¬"A Vision for NEES Experimental Facilities and Cyberinfrastructure Tools

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Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research

A Community Workshop Report

As geological threats become more imminent, society must make a major commitment to increase the resilience of its communities, infrastructure, and citizens. Recent earthquakes in Japan, New Zealand, Haiti, and Chile provide stark reminders of the devastating impact major earthquakes have on the lives and economic stability of millions of people worldwide. The events in Haiti continue to show that poor planning and governance lead to long-term chaos, while nations like Chile demonstrate steady recovery due to modern earthquake planning and proper construction and mitigation activities. At the request of the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council hosted a two-day workshop to give members of the community an opportunity to identify "Grand Challenges" for earthquake engineering research that are needed to achieve an earthquake resilient society, as well as to describe networks of earthquake engineering experimental capabilities and cyberinfrastructure tools that could continue to address ongoing areas of concern. Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research: A Community Workshop Report explores the priorities and problems regions face in reducing consequent damage and spurring technological preparedness advances. Over the course of the Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research workshop, 13 grand challenge problems emerged and were summarized in terms of five overarching themes including: community resilience framework, decision making, simulation, mitigation, and design tools. Participants suggested 14 experimental facilities and cyberinfrastructure tools that would be needed to carry out testing, observations, and simulations, and to analyze the results. The report also reviews progressive steps that have been made in research and development, and considers what factors will accelerate transformative solutions.

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0309214521

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Engineering

Turning Ideas Into Reality, Fourth Report of Session 2008-09, Vol. 3: Oral and Written Evidence

By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee

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Engineering

Turning Ideas Into Reality, Fourth Report of Session 2008-09, Vol. 3: Oral and Written Evidence

By: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee

Incorporating HC 470-i-iii, 640-i-iii, 599-i-iii, 1064-i, 1202-i, 1194-i of session 2007-08

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0215529340

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A New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research

By: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,National Academy of Engineering,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Materials and Manufacturing Board,Committee on a Vision for the Future of Center-Based Multidisciplinary Engineering Research

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A New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research

The future security, economic growth, and competitiveness of the United States depend on its capacity to innovate. Major sources of innovative capacity are the new knowledge and trained students generated by U.S. research universities. However, many of the complex technical and societal problems the United States faces cannot be addressed by the traditional model of individual university research groups headed by a single principal investigator. Instead, they can only be solved if researchers from multiple institutions and with diverse expertise combine their efforts. The National Science Foundation (NSF), among other federal agencies, began to explore the potential of such center-scale research programs in the 1970s and 1980s; in many ways, the NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) program is its flagship program in this regard. The ERCs are "interdisciplinary, multi-institutional centers that join academia, industry, and government in partnership to produce transformational engineered systems and engineering graduates who are adept at innovation and primed for leadership in the global economy. To ensure that the ERCs continue to be a source of innovation, economic development, and educational excellence, A New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research explores the future of center-based engineering research, the skills needed for effective center leadership, and opportunities to enhance engineering education through the centers.

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0309459087

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Mastering a New Role

Shaping Technology Policy for National Economic Performance

By: National Academy of Engineering,Committee on Technology Policy Options in a Global Economy

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Mastering a New Role

Shaping Technology Policy for National Economic Performance

By: National Academy of Engineering,Committee on Technology Policy Options in a Global Economy

This book examines the changing character of commercial technology development and diffusion in an integrated global economy and its implications for U.S. public policies in support of technological innovation. The volume considers the history, current practice, and future prospects for national policies to encourage economic development through both direct and indirect government support of technological advance.

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Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

Forces Shaping the U.S. Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

The New Engineering Research Centers

The New Engineering Research Centers

Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research

Grand Challenges in Earthquake Engineering Research

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